Cotoneaster pseudoambiguus
Tracheophyta
›Magnoliopsida›Rosaceae›Cotoneaster›Cotoneaster pseudoambiguus
Ecology
An erect deciduous shrub found as a naturalised garden escape in woodland and in rough grassland. It is polyploid and probably apomictic. Lowland.
Status
Neophyte
Trends
This plant was collected in China in 1908, but it was regarded as a variant of C. ambiguus until described as a distinct species in 1997. C. pseudoambiguus is rare in gardens and was not recorded from the wild until 1990 (Westmorland).
World Distribution
Native of W. China (Sichuan).
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JNCC Designations
NHMSYS0000457622
Atlas text references
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1997. Five new species of Cotoneaster Medik. (Rosaceae) naturalized in Britain. Watsonia. 21:335-349.